Sentences with phrase «including wildfires»

Despite the relatively frequent occurrence of natural disasters, including wildfires and earthquakes, the state has lower insurance costs than half of the nation.

The three communities have been ravaged by costly climate - related extreme weather events, including wildfires and flash floods, according to the 100 - page complaint.

In recent years, many have expressed concerns that global terrestrial NPP should be falling due to the many real (and imagined) assaults on Earth's vegetation that have occurred over the past several decades — including wildfires, disease, pest outbreaks, and deforestation, as well as overly - hyped changes in temperature and precipitation.

Drought conditions may increase the environmental exposure to a broad set of health hazards including wildfires, dust storms, extreme heat events, flash flooding, degraded water quality, and reduced water quantity.

The observed global greening has occurred in spite of all the many real and imagined assaults on Earth's vegetation that have occurred over the past several decades, including wildfires, disease, pest outbreaks, deforestation, and climatic changes in temperature and precipitation, more than compensating for any of the negative effects these phenomena may have had on the global biosphere.

San Diego's Humane Law Enforcement group responds to nearly 2,000 reports of animal cruelty annually, and they are also the lead organization for numerous natural disasters, including wildfires and earthquakes.

The report also included some types of events that didn't appear in the first three, including wildfires, tropical cyclones and high ocean temperatures.

The researchers do not recommend that inexperience people burn biomass, as this contributes to air pollution and can trigger tragic blazes, including wildfires.

At the opposite end of precipitation extremes, drought also poses risks to public health and safety.192 Drought conditions may increase the environmental exposure to a broad set of health hazards including wildfires, dust storms, extreme heat events, flash flooding, degraded water quality, and reduced water quantity.

From an ecological perspective, Mack's work will focus on predicting when systems will be unable to recover following big disturbances, including wildfire, altering the function of ecosystems and resources that they provide to people.

These include wildfires, hurricanes, hail and thunderstorms.

The results of these weather events include wildfires and flooding, among other things [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2013].

Canada and Alberta also saw its fair share of catastrophes, including the wildfire that leveled much of Slave Lake Alberta - Helping Out In Slave Lake, and extensive tornado damage in Goderich, Ontario.

Not exact matches

Catastrophes can be caused by various natural events, including, among others, hurricanes, tornadoes and other windstorms, earthquakes, hail, wildfires, severe winter weather, floods, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and other naturally occurring events, such as solar flares.

Chaulk's own home survived, but the wildfire razed 2,400 buildings, including the houses where he grew up and where he and Tanya had their first child.

Many interacting factors influence whether and how wildfires will spread, including fire intensity, wind intensity, the quantity of firebrands that land on structures, the heat that impacts structures, how structures ignite, the distance between structures and vegetation, and the distance between structures.

A variety of business - strength IM tools have reached the market, including AIM Pro from AOL and open source solutions like Wildfire from Jive Software.

Notable portfolio companies include: Twilio (NYSE: TWLO), SendGrid (NASDAQ: SEND), Credit Karma, Grab, Carousell, Udemy, Kudo (acquired by Grab), Talkdesk, Makerbot (acquired by SSYS), Wildfire (acquired by GOOG), and Viki (acquired by Rakuten).

«Revenue challenges in the second quarter, as noted in our quarterly outlook release last month, included lower - than - anticipated bulk volumes, devastating wildfires in northern Alberta and a strengthening Canadian dollar,» Harrison said in a statement.

The government last March approved a long - term plan to improve forest management and help prevent wildfires that included restrictions on eucalyptus, hiring more firefighters and providing them with better equipment.

The insurer told the market at the time significant weather catastrophes including Californian wildfires and December storms in Australia during the fourth quarter, coupled with some adverse development of Hurricane Maria, added around $ US130 million to the net cost of catastrophes.

(This map doesn't include the Thomas Fire, the single - largest wildfire in California history, which is still burning.)

The agreement also includes disaster relief for areas still coping with hurricane and wildfire cleanup efforts and additional funding for opioid treatment, each a priority for Democrats.

That normal includes potential long - term health effects from wildfire smoke, especially for vulnerable groups like pregnant women, infants, the elderly, and people with respiratory impairment, Henderson said.

In a recent appearance by YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki at the South by Southwest Festival, she suggested that YouTube is countering the conspiracy - related videos that have been spreading like wildfire on the platform — including videos telling viewers that high school senior and Parkland, Fl. survivor David Hogg is an actor.

California's critical energy and transportation infrastructure faces significant climate related risks over the course of the century, including more frequent and intense wildfires, prolonged drought, and accelerated sea - level rise.

As the wildfires raged and winds blew unpredictably, oil producers in the area — including Suncor, Syncrude, Shell, Canadian Natural Resources and Husky — were forced to cease operations and evacuate employees.

As victims of Hurricane Harvey and Irma, and of the Northwest wildfires, work to restore their upended lives, including, in some cases, the loss of their homes and worldly possessions, getting their personal finances back on track only lengthens what seems to be an insurmountable task list.

Sonoma County's largest city wants to streamline new housing projects, including multifamily apartments, childcare centers and homeless shelters, even in areas never burned in the October wildfires.

Northern California Wildfires Could Sour State's Wine Market It's still too early to know the full extent of the damage to California's multi-billion dollar wine industry, but many wine enthusiasts including those Downtown L.A.'s San Antonio Winery are concerned...

The beverage industry has a long history of helping out in times of crisis and natural disaster such as this (examples include the California wildfires and Hurricane Katrina).

The New York Democrat said if the Food and Drug Administration doesn't move to reign in the new, deadly products — that include flavors like Sour Smurf Sauce, V'Nilla Cookies & Milk, Golden Oreo and Whip'd Strawberry — addiction among children will spread like «wildfire.»

For example, 10 of the 14 burned areas in the study, which include well - known wildfires like the Moonlight (2007) and Power (2009) fires, did not meet Forest Service stocking density thresholds for mixed conifer forests, making them good candidates for replanting and restoration efforts.

This study highlights the importance of considering hydrological drought for wildfire prediction, and the researchers recommend that hydrology should be considered in future studies of the impact of projected ENSO strength, including effects on tropical ecosystems, and biodiversity conservation.

During the hour - long slide show, Holly summarized the effects of climate change in Yosemite — including shrinking waterfalls, intensifying wildfires, and vanishing species.

The research shows that much of the above - ground carbon stock of Amazonian forests could be lost if large - bodied fruit - eating mammals continue to be hunted out, and that over-hunting adds to the Amazon's many threats which include deforestation, timber extraction and wildfires.

Zwally's results spread like wildfire across many conservative news outlets — including Fox News, Breitbart News and The Daily Express — which hailed it as another sign that the dangers of climate change have been exaggerated.

They found sobering results, including significant decreases in tree regeneration following wildfires in the early 21st century, a period markedly hotter and drier than the late 20th century.

The big - picture message here is that these species — which include a soapwort and a poppy found in the mountains of Europe, grey alder found in North America and the African mahogany — are more vulnerable to further changes and to disturbances such as wildfires or pest outbreaks.

Without their crucial landscaping services, including grazing on plants and leaf litter, biomass builds up on the forest floor and frequently causes wildfires.

The regions likely to receive the highest exposure to wildfire smoke in the future include northern California, western Oregon, and the Great Plains.

But while wildfires are estimated to contribute about 18 percent of the total PM2.5 emissions in the U.S., many questions remain on how these emissions will affect human populations, including how overall air quality will be affected, how these levels will change under climate change, and which regions are to most likely to be impacted.

As a result, most of the natural action in the sky islands takes place in the vertical dimension, including the action of wildfires.

Work was also delayed on other invasive species projects, including research on the spread of dangerous Africanized honeybees in the Southwest, invasive grass species involved in intensifying wildfires, and white - nose bat syndrome impacting bats in national parks.»

Check out Scientific American's wildfire coverage, including why global warming is expected to unleash more destructive fires.

This demonstrates the importance of controlling selective logging and preventing wildfires in all forests, including those on private lands that have already been disturbed.»

It does not include increased wildfire or insect attacks on forests, which are also intensifying and likely to increase with further warming.

Restoration treatment including thinning and prescribed burning may help reduce fire severity and increase tree survival after wildfire, as well as provide a seed source for future trees, Dodson said.

The letter, which was spearheaded by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, warns of the numerous threats posed by climate change — including extreme weather events, regional water scarcity, heat waves and wildfires.

The agency said it was adding a June tornado outbreak in the Midwest and Southeast and record - setting wildfires in Texas, Arizona and New Mexico to a list that also includes flooding along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, drought in the Southern Plains and southwestern United States, five previous tornado outbreaks in Southern and central states, and a blizzard.